Well, I forgot last week, and am a day late this week, but here they are…the Monday Morning Standings!

Taking a look at the standings, a couple things surprise me.

Kings and Coyotes – I am going to be cheering for these teams come the post season (I still think it will be a hawks – caps final, with the hawks overcoming shitty goaltending to win it). I think its awesome that these teams have had the season that they have. (Same with the avs but I’m not going to cheer for them)

Caps are feasting on the shitty Southeast div.

Red Wings on the bubble. I remember when they used to be real shitty, but its been so long that I assumed that they wouldn’t get back to that point. Sure injuries have played a part, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they were on the bubble again next year (that said, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Coyotes come back to earth next year, although I’ve been waiting for it to happen all year and seems they are still going strong – We should have waited a couple months and picked up Tippet once he became free).

Based on how much I hear about the Isles I figured they would be higher in the standings…too bad Schremp didn’t push them over the top.

Also, based on the crap I hear from Flames fans, I’m surprised that they are not higher in the standings. If they miss the playoffs I’m going to laugh.

And the Oilers suck. Lets hope for a less shitty next season. Worse than the dark ages…I never thought I’d ever say that. It takes a special kind of suck to get to this point.

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Conference Standings

East

West

Team

GP

Pts

Team

GP

Pts

Washington Capitals *

69

101

San Jose Sharks

68

96

Pittsburgh Penguins

69

87

Chicago Blackhawks

68

94

Buffalo Sabres

67

82

Vancouver Canucks

69

89

New Jersey Devils

68

85

Phoenix Coyotes

69

89

Ottawa Senators

69

79

Los Angeles Kings

68

85

Philadelphia Flyers

68

76

Colorado Avalanche

68

84

Montréal Canadiens

70

76

Nashville Predators

69

81

Boston Bruins

68

72

Detroit Red Wings

69

80

New York Rangers

69

71

Calgary Flames

69

77

Tampa Bay Lightning

68

68

St Louis Blues

68

73

Atlanta Thrashers

68

67

Minnesota Wild

68

72

Florida Panthers

67

66

Dallas Stars

68

71

New York Islanders

69

65

Anaheim Ducks

68

70

Carolina Hurricanes

68

64

Columbus Blue Jackets

70

67

Toronto Maple Leafs

69

58

Edmonton Oilers

69

49

League Standings

NHL Overall

Team

GP

Pts

Washington Capitals *

69

101

San Jose Sharks

68

96

Chicago Blackhawks

68

94

Vancouver Canucks

69

89

Phoenix Coyotes

69

89

Pittsburgh Penguins

69

87

New Jersey Devils

68

85

Los Angeles Kings

68

85

Colorado Avalanche

68

84

Buffalo Sabres

67

82

Nashville Predators

69

81

Detroit Red Wings

69

80

Ottawa Senators

69

79

Calgary Flames

69

77

Philadelphia Flyers

68

76

Montréal Canadiens

70

76

St Louis Blues

68

73

Minnesota Wild

68

72

Boston Bruins

68

72

Dallas Stars

68

71

New York Rangers

69

71

Anaheim Ducks

68

70

Tampa Bay Lightning

68

68

Atlanta Thrashers

68

67

Columbus Blue Jackets

70

67

Florida Panthers

67

66

New York Islanders

69

65

Carolina Hurricanes

68

64

Toronto Maple Leafs

69

58

Edmonton Oilers

69

49

* = Clinched playoff (division in this case)

And in the pool Racki is first still, while Trogdor and myself have dropped down to 4th and 5th. Although I’ve locked up a playoff spot, while Trogdor still has to fight it out this week. (As it stands, Racki and gr8one are looking at bye’s, Trogdor and myself are going against each other in the first round and Johnny O’Dangles and retrochick are facing each other in the first round as well).

It would be hard not to go for a D-man, agreed, seeing as how now we currently have a good set of forward prospects in the system, and not a lot of strong D or goaltending prospects (aside from Roy, but we’re one bust away from being in a continuous shit situation in net). At the same time though, perhaps a forward or two could be flipped for one of the aforementioned weak spots.

yeah, I am kinda leery of drafting for d-men as it can take them so long to mature that often what you need when you draft them is not what you need when they are ready. Unless you draft a top 10 then there is sometimes less of a lead-time.

As much as I like Neidoreiter, I don’t think he is worth Cogs and picks. Cogs was a first-rounder too remember and is getting better every year. That said I am unsure what bundle would get us the 6-10th pick that we need to aquire him.

Florida’s pick would give us a lock, but Tampa or even the Rangers pick could do it depending on where things play out. Tampa may not need the youth as much and could part with the pick for maybe Souray and our 2nd rounder. Although I may be over-valueing what Souray is worth considering no one will have seen him play since the surgery and that makes him a wild card.

Ahhhhhh. Thanks for making my evening with the pic. Nice to see you guys fighting the good fight.

On Seguin, he’s really looking like the top guy at this point and all the scouts are saying it too. To be honest, I’m very comfortable with him or Hall at this point.
@ Racki, I think we should do what we can to trade up for Neidoreiter. The kid looks great and plays on a shit team. They look decent in the standings, but they’ve sucked arse the last few years. I’m thinking he’s under-rated because of the team he’s on and that it’s not really close to many other junior team clusters like out East where you can see 14 teams in a week very easily.

I’m thinking we trade Souray and Penner to move up plus get a prospect.

Off topic, but what does everyone think of Aaron Johnson? I’m pretty impressed with the kid. He’s big, rangy, tough and sound defensively and makes a good outlet. Also he hits a lot. I am definitely hoping they re-sign him for next year. Say a one year deal for him at less than 1 mill. I’m thinking he’d jump at it, but maybe I’m miscalculating his worth at this stage. Anyways, I think he’d be good to keep around.

I think he’s a good improvement on Strudwick. Once we have Souray and Smid back next year, our D looks a little better. Ironically now we have more defensive minded guys back there than O-minded guys. They just can’t seem to find the 50/50 mix. Oh well.

edit: Actually I forgot about Chorney, so I guess that’s close enough to 50/50.

Souray should be gone next year, so unless they bring in a replacement D for him, that shifts the balance a bit more defensively, but Petry should be in within a couple of years too.

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